I suggest starting everyday saying God I am absolutely
nothing without you. I can do nothing without you
I lean entirely on you today. I am
desperate without your help
And really no matter how many victories I've had in the past that doesn't
guarantee me a victory today. If i'm not leaning on God today
Lean on God yesterday doesn't help me today. I have to lean on God today
You have weaknesses
You have limitations. God has no
limitations but we have limitations
So you say Lord, I'm weak in this area I need your strength
I believe your changing me everyday and I'm not going to spend today
worrying about what I did wrong yesterday
I trust you to strengthen me in my weakness
That our weaknesses really don't have to make
that much difference if we know how to let God
fill our weaknesses with his power
We get to over-rot about what we can't do
And we don't get excited enough about what God can do
You see no matter what you can't do or what I
can't do, God can do
And miracles don't come in can'ts they come in can's
Well we get what we believe for. Let's start believing
That the power of God is available to us to see miracles in our lives
and in other peoples lives
we're not going to have miracles if we don't believe for miracles
We have to believe in the miracle working power
of God
When we go to God each day
the right attitude is God
what is it you want me to do
what is my assignment. Not giving God orders
Telling him what to do. How to do it
Rather God show me the best path
Show me how to overcome this problem. Show me
how to accomplish my dreams
God wants us to rely on Him
Not some formula
Thinking well if I do this, do that, and do the other
Then God will bless me
If that's all it took we would't really need God
David understood this principle. In 2nd Samuel 5
He had just been made king over Israel
When the Philistines heard about it
They came down to this valley to attack him
Now David was a warrior. He had conquered
a lot of armies his nature was to attack
But here's why David was considered a man after
God's own heart. Verse 19 says
David inquired of the Lord
Shall I go attack the Philistines
Will you hand this enemy over to me
Notice his humility
He didn't say, I got this, been there done that
no problem
He took time
to inquire of the Lord
Before he went to battle he got quite
And said God
What do you want me to do
He was getting his daily direction
He didn't assume because something worked in the past
It was going to work right there
He asked a very significant question. God
will you hand this enemy over to me
Seems like that would be a given
He was just put in charge of the Israelite's.
God's chosen people. Surely God would't
let them be defeated
But the fact is were not suppose to fight every battle
David was smart enough to ask
Am I suppose to attack
He was saying God if I go in there
Are you going to go with me
He was showing his dependency on God
He recognized where his strength, his favor
his ability came from
And sometimes we assume
If there's an obstacle
There's something trying to stop us. There's no question
Get in there and go to battle, God is on our side
But a wiser approach is to say
God, what is your plan
How do you want me to respond to this opposition
Shall I attack
Or shall I be still and let you fight for me
If I go in God are you going to go with me
We've all fought battles were we didn't come out the way we thought
Maybe it was because we didn't inquire
of the Lord
Verse 19 goes on to say, the Lord said to
David, go for I will surly
hand the Philistines over to you
Once he got clear direction. Once he knew he
had God's blessing he went down there and defeated
the Philistines. But if we would do like
David and inquire of the Lord
Before we get into conflict
Before we make big decisions. Go to God
For daily direction. It would save us
a lot of heartache and pain
I've learned what God orders
He will pay for
But God is not obligated to bring
victory to battles that were not suppose to be in
And yes God is merciful and yes he'll help us but
it's much better to inquire of the Lord
before you make important decisions
He doesn't want you to get hooked on a formula
He want's you to be hooked on Him
When you develop this habit
Of going to God for your daily bread
Daily direction, saying God
How do you want me to respond
How should I deal with this situation in my health
my finances. God give me your wisdom
your insight, your favor. That's how God
will lead you down the best path for your life